Everyday364Please respect copyright.PENANACo1VMTkpOi
I put on this great little homemade mask. 364Please respect copyright.PENANAEuQAKPIhfn
cracked papier mache,364Please respect copyright.PENANAzdF0v95cGx
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.364Please respect copyright.PENANA2FFytTwrOq
the hand holding the mask trembles but364Please respect copyright.PENANAylk0Z2w1bj
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 364Please respect copyright.PENANA80CoTHNUfa
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 364Please respect copyright.PENANA43L9FSGSWn
who amidst those tourists364Please respect copyright.PENANA0DDm2F4RC9
is the only one left who believes in the gods 364Please respect copyright.PENANAvF6hU3c4jq
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling364Please respect copyright.PENANAYFTcpDA4IH
happy364Please respect copyright.PENANA4b0YIlquKO
looking ahead364Please respect copyright.PENANAVo2zRAGeMj
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right364Please respect copyright.PENANACSJ0uZ2Oon
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors364Please respect copyright.PENANAUMr75vgLyd
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 364Please respect copyright.PENANAlXcwRYR1Uz
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet364Please respect copyright.PENANAI4xzXQiGCL
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe364Please respect copyright.PENANAISu5k4SmM2
sheltered from rain that patters away at it364Please respect copyright.PENANAK7cB6mhCt3
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,364Please respect copyright.PENANAnaysRcxFNk
when the sun comes out again,364Please respect copyright.PENANAPvi0JlXSOa
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air364Please respect copyright.PENANAgbkFijo5DH
kiss it goodbye364Please respect copyright.PENANAd39KLV8Dgb
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.